Technology has transformed our lives. Virtually every school and classroom is connected. Why then, has it not transformed education? Consider these five ways educators can begin to optimize classroom technology and rethink its use.

See technology as a complement rather than a replacement

Embrace its creation potential over consumption function

Encourage design and personalized learning over standards and outcomes

Learn how to let technology cultivate student autonomy, creativity, and responsibility while focusing on lessons that hone higher-order and critical thinking skills.

"Dr. Zhao continues to push educators’ thinking by taking a serious examination of the role technology has played in education. The struggles he lays out are challenges educators try to overcome on an almost daily bases. The new thinking in this book needs to be read by those in the classroom and leaders alike." Steven W. Anderson, Author
Content Curation: How to Avoid Information Overload, @web20classroom

This book masterfully address the issues related to technology integration in schools. Dr. Zhao artfully navigates through the misconception of technology as the ultimate solution to the challenges of teaching.Jared Covili, Author of Going Google and Classroom in the Cloud

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

1. The Wrong Relationship Between Technology and Teachers: Complementing in an Ecosystem Versus Replacing in a Hierarchy

An Ecosystem, Not a Hierarchy: Reconsidering the Relationship Between Teachers and Technology

Technology and Teachers in a Learning Ecosystem: What Are Their Niches?

Constructing a Learning Ecosystem: What Does It Look Like?

2. The Wrong Application: Technology as Tools for Consumption Versus Tools for Creating and Producing

The First Approach: Technology as a Tool for Consumption

Constructivism: Constructing by Creating and Producing

Wikipedia: A Mass Project of Creating and Making

Digital Stories, Twitters, Blogs, Videos, and Robots: New Genres of Creating and Making

Available formats

ISBN: 9781483353470

Electronic Version

Suggested Retail Price: $27.95

Bookstore Price: $22.36

ISBN: 9781452282572

Paperback

Suggested Retail Price: $27.95

Bookstore Price: $22.36

Should you need additional information or have questions regarding the HEOA information provided for this title, including what is new to this edition, please email sageheoa@sagepub.com. Please include your name, contact information, and the name of the title for which you would like more information. For information on the HEOA, please go to http://ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html.